WO2007111978A2 - Système et procédé de mesure inertielle avec suppression de polarisation - Google Patents

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WO2007111978A2
WO2007111978A2 PCT/US2007/007205 US2007007205W WO2007111978A2 WO 2007111978 A2 WO2007111978 A2 WO 2007111978A2 US 2007007205 W US2007007205 W US 2007007205W WO 2007111978 A2 WO2007111978 A2 WO 2007111978A2
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  • This invention pertains generally to inertial measurement, and, more particularly, to an inertial measurement system and method in which the fixed bias offset of rate sensors or gyroscopes is cancelled.
  • Related Art Angular rate sensors or gyroscopes (gyros) exhibit a non-zero output in the absence of rotation about the input axis. This non-zero output is called bias, and it can cause significant errors in inertial measurements. The magnitude of the error depends upon the type of sensor or gyroscope used. In applications with stringent limits on offset errors, more expensive sensors with very low residual offset errors must generally be used, and those sensors are often relatively large and heavy.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a system and method of the above character which overcome the limitations and disadvantages of the prior art.
  • a system having one or more inertial sensors in which one or more of the sensor input axes are modulated in orientation about an axis substantially perpendicular to the input, or sensitive, axis of the sensor and, in some embodiments, by also enhancing the accuracy of such a system to provide improved signal to noise ratio and reduced sensitivity to errors in alignment of the sensor axes to the dither axes.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic illustration of one embodiment of an inertial rate system with gyro bias washout modulation.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic perspective view of one embodiment of a rate sensor system according to the invention.
  • Figure 3 is a top plan view of the embodiment of Figure 1.
  • Figure 4 is a block diagram of the embodiment of Figure 2 with one embodiment of a system for processing signals from the rate sensors in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the embodiment of Figure 2 with another embodiment of a system for processing signals from the rate sensors in accordance with the invention.
  • Figures 6 and 7 are block diagrams of additional embodiments of an inertial rate system with gyro bias washout modulation and means for processing signals from the rate sensors in accordance with the invention.
  • Figure 8 is a graphical representation of the frequency response of one embodiment of a rate sensor or gyro employed in the invention.
  • Figures 9 - 12 are block diagrams of additional embodiments of inertial rate systems with gyro bias washout modulation and means for processing signals from the rate sensors in accordance with the invention.
  • Figures 13A — 13C and 14A - 14B are graphical representations of waveforms in an inertial rate system with gyro bias washout modulation incorporating the invention.
  • Figure 15 is a block diagrams of an additional embodiment of an inertial rate system with gyro bias washout modulation and means for processing signals from the rate sensors in accordance with the invention.
  • Figures 16 - 20 are schematic illustrations of additional embodiments of inertial rate systems with gyro bias washout modulation according to the invention.
  • two angular rate sensors or gyroscopes X-Gyro and Y- Gyro have their input axes aligned with the x- and y-axes, respectively.
  • Input axis modulation or dither introduces an oscillatory rotation about the z-axis which is perpendicular to the input axes.
  • the dither oscillation can range in frequency from a few milHHertz to 100 Hertz, or more, depending upon the type of dithering motion employed, with lower frequencies being used for square wave modulation or two- point indexing dither and higher frequencies being used with sinusoidal and other periodic waveforms.
  • the magnitude of the dither is typically on the order of a few milliradians to 20 degrees, but it can potentially be as high as ⁇ 90 degrees if input axis reversal is desired.
  • the dithering motion causes the input axes of the two rate sensors or gyros to rotate with respect to fixed inertial reference axes, with the change in angular alignment of the sensor axes being equal to the instantaneous angular position of the dither modulation.
  • An angular pickoff device (not shown) detects the angular displacement and provides a signal which is used in processing the signals from the rate sensors to remove the effect of the modulation.
  • the system includes a mounting base 11 and two angular rate sensors or gyroscopes G x and G y which are mounted on a modulator 12 on the base, with the input axes of the sensors nominally aligned with the x- and y- axes of the base.
  • the modulator rotates the sensors about the z-axis which is perpendicular to input axes of the sensors and to the base.
  • the rotation is oscillatory or dithering in nature, with a frequency on the order of a few milliHertz to several hundred Hertz and an amplitude on the order of several milliradians to tens of degrees.
  • a sensor 13 monitors the position of the modulator and provides a signal corresponding to the instantaneous angular displacement of the modulator and the rate sensors. As discussed more fully hereinafter, that signal allows the system to demodulate or remove the effect of the modulation in connection with the processing of the gyro output signals.
  • the modulator can be of suitable known design, including oscillating mechanical flexures or springs, voice-coil actuators, galvanometers, piezoelectric actuators, motors, or MEMS-base structures.
  • the amplitude of the modulation should be large enough to provide adequate resolution of the gyro output signals, and the frequency should be higher than the rotation to be measured.
  • the frequency of modulation should be high enough so that it is outside the frequency band of the rotation to be measured.
  • the frequency For gyrocom passing, where it is assumed that the system is stationary with respect to the earth, the frequency can be much lower.
  • the modulator must provide stable motion in the plane of the sensor axes.
  • the motion can be of any suitable type, including a simple periodic waveform such as a sine wave or a square wave, or a more complex motion.
  • the modulator has been described as a planar structure rotated about an axis perpendicular to its plane, it could be realized in other ways so long as the basic requirement for modulation is met, namely, that of producing a rotation of one or more gyro input axes that results in an oscillation of the orientation of these input axes.
  • Modulation sensor 13 can also be of conventional design such as a capacitive sensor, an inductive sensor with a coil and magnet, an optical sensor, or an encoder.
  • the rotation of the modulator causes the input axes of the rate sensors or gyros to rotate with respect to the fixed axes of the base, and the difference in alignment between sensor axes and the axes of the base at any given time is equal to the instantaneous angular position of the modulator.
  • the modulator rotates the input axes themselves, and there is no spurious rate input.
  • the orientation of the input axes is varied in a dithering manner with a relatively rapid, oscillatory motion, and in the absence of other externally applied angular inputs, the rotation of the sensor axes does not produce a rotation rate signal.
  • the demodulator output signals can be fed into analog signal processing circuitry for producing an analog output of the applied external rotation ⁇ N , or they can be converted to a digital signal and processed using digital signal processing (DSP) for filtering, compensation of errors, and output.
  • DSP digital signal processing
  • the outputs of the gyros and the signal conditioning circuit can be in digital form, and the demodulators can be implemented in digital form as well.
  • the input axes x', y' of the rate sensors or gyros are shown as being rotated by an angle ⁇ m with respect to the fixed reference axes x, y of the base.
  • the z-axis is perpendicular to the plane of the figure, and an external rate of rotation ⁇ is applied to the entire system, including the base, about the y-axis.
  • the modulator oscillates about the z-axis with an amplitude which is typically on the order of 2 milliradians to 20 degrees or more and a frequency on the order of .01 to 20 Hertz, depending upon the type of dither motion to be applied, with higher frequencies of oscillation typically being associated with smaller amplitudes of oscillation.
  • Two-point indexing dither square wave in angle with respect to time
  • Sensor 13 detects the instantaneous value of ⁇ m and provides a signal which is used in processing the output signals from the gyros. That signal allows the system to compensate for the time-varying input axes of rate sensors G x and G y as well as being used in demodulating the gyro outputs.
  • the rate sensors or gyros should have a suitable bandwidth for measurements at the frequency of the input axis modulation, and they should also have low enough noise in the frequency range near the modulation frequency to permit the gyro modulation signals to be adequately resolved.
  • each rate sensor or gyro Prior to demodulation, the output of each rate sensor or gyro consists of a combination of the sensor fixed offset and the externally applied angular rate. Since the modulation affects the applied angular rate, but not the fixed offset, the system is able to distinguish between them.
  • the signal from the modulation sensor which corresponds to the instantaneous orientation of the axes, is used in conjunction with an input axis demodulator in the processing circuit to remove the effect of the mechanical modulation.
  • ⁇ is the true heading of the x-axis gyro
  • ⁇ N is the north component of earth rotation rate at given latitude
  • A is the modulation amplitude
  • ⁇ is the dither angular frequency (2 ⁇ f)
  • ⁇ ,- and v,- are bias and (Gaussian) random errors of the ith-gyro, respectively.
  • the bias term ⁇ ,- is not modulated and, therefore is washed out or cancelled, as expected.
  • the noise term v h is not cancelled, and is preferably removed by filtering prior to demodulation. If the noise term is excessive, there will be insufficient resolution of the modulated terms and performance of the sensors may be degraded in, for example, trying to determine heading during an alignment phase.
  • Sensitivity to misalignment of the gyro input axes with respect to the plane of the dither motion can become a source of error in bias cancellation.
  • a component of the sensor input axes along the dither axis results in some of the dither motion being detected by the gyro.
  • This error term can be quite large compared to the modulation signals to be measured. Misalignment often needs to be kept to as little as 10 ⁇ rad, which can be very challenging in a mechanical system.
  • the dither rate vector is given by:
  • the dither angular velocity may be transformed to the x- and y- axes using the misalignment matrix SC% :
  • modulator 12 is driven by a signal generator 16 which includes an automatic gain control (AGC) circuit.
  • AGC automatic gain control
  • the output of modulation sensor 13 is processed in a conditioning circuit 17, and the conditioning circuit provides a feedback signal to the AGC circuit in the signal generator to maintain the amplitude of the modulation at a constant level.
  • the externally applied rotation ⁇ is about an axis in the plane of the input axes of the two gyros.
  • the outputs of the two gyros are applied to the inputs of a pair of demodulators 18, 19, and the output of signal conditioning circuit 17 is applied as a phase reference to the two demodulators.
  • the outputs of the demodulators are the signals S x and S y from which the values of applied rotation ⁇ and the angle of orientation ⁇ o are determined, and by using equations (1.2), for example, the north component of earth rotation rate ⁇ N can be estimated.
  • Output signals S x and S y can be fed to analog signal processing circuitry (not shown) to provide an analog output signal corresponding to the applied external rotation ⁇ , or they can be converted to digital form and processed digitally for filtering, compensation of errors, and output.
  • the gyros and the signal conditioning circuit can provide digital outputs, and demodulators 18, 19 can be digital as well.
  • bracket ( ) ⁇ denotes a time-average such that
  • the set of equations in (1.5) represents the mathematical principle of first harmonic bias cancellation in which the misalignment induced errors are demodulated by a particular phase of the dither reference signal (in this example, cosine rectification), whereas the desired earth rate signal is demodulated by the phase of the dither reference signal 90° out-of-phase with respect to the misalignment signal (i.e., sine rectification).
  • the first harmonic technique can be used for autonomously calibrating the gyro misalignment angles. This feature is very desirable for autonomous alignment and field calibration of stand-off weapons, among other applications.
  • Figure 5 illustrates an embodiment in which two demodulations (sin ⁇ yf and cos ⁇ rf) are performed.
  • the demodulated outputs provide estimates of the quantities in equations (1.5) and permit determination of both the heading ( ⁇ ) and the misalignment errors ( ⁇ x and ⁇ y).
  • two gyros G x and G y are mounted on a modulator 12 that oscillates about an axis substantially perpendicular to the input axes of the two gyros.
  • the modulator is driven by a modulation signal generator 16 which controls the amplitude of the modulation by means of a feedback signal from the modulator sensor 13 and signal conditioning circuit 17.
  • the feedback signal is used by the modulation signal generator to adjust the modulation signal to maintain a constant amplitude of modulation.
  • Externally applied components of rotation, such as ⁇ N lie in the plane of the modulation.
  • Signal conditioning circuit 17 provides sin ⁇ rf phase reference signals to demodulators 21, 23 and cosed phase reference signals to demodulators 22, 24.
  • the output of gyro G y is applied to demodulators 21 , 22, and the output of gyro G x is applied to demodulators 23, 24, with the demodulators providing the four signal outputs corresponding of equations (1.5). Additional signal processing can be performed on these signals to compute ⁇ N , heading ⁇ and misalignment errors ⁇ x and ⁇ y. If necessary, adjustments to the phase of the two phase reference signals can be made in the signal conditioning.
  • modulator 12 and modulator pickoff 13 are depicted as being external to gyros G x , G y , they can also be integrated into the sensing elements themselves or into the sensing element packages such that only the sensing elements are dithered as opposed to the entire gyro. This can be significant when the size and mass of the total gyro package is significantly greater than the size and mass of either the sensing elements or sensing element packages.
  • a system of three independently dithered gyros or angular rate sensors can be assembled using three dithered sensors of the type illustrated.
  • Integration of the modulator into the sensing element package or as a part of the sensing element structure is particularly suitable for very small gyro sensing elements such as MEMS devices which are produced from quartz or silicon wafers using micro-electromechanical techniques.
  • MEMS devices without built-in modulators which are already in production for a variety of applications could be made suitable for higher accuracy applications by combining them with the bias cancellation techniques of the invention.
  • Such a gyro with integrated mechanical modulation can provide improved accuracy by cancelling bias offset without significant cost or size penalties.
  • the embodiment of Figure 6 is similar to the embodiment of Figure 5 except that the modulator dithers only a single gyro.
  • the other features of this embodiment are the same as in the preceding one.
  • the second harmonic signals in equations (1.3) are not affected by misalignment of the gyro input axes with respect to the dither rate because in this case the signal of interest is at twice the modulation frequency, i.e., 2 ⁇ .
  • the second harmonic terms demodulated by cos(2 ⁇ t) are:
  • FIG. 7 An embodiment utilizing second harmonic demodulation is illustrated Figure 7. This embodiment is similar to the embodiment of Figure 4 except that only a single gyro Gy is used, and signal processing circuit 17 provides two frequency reference outputs. One of those outputs has a frequency of ⁇ /2 ⁇ and is equivalent to the reference signal applied to the demodulators in the embodiment of Figure 4. It is applied to the reference input of demodulator 18. The other output has a frequency of ⁇ / ⁇ r, which is twice the modulation frequency, and is applied to the reference input of demodulator 19. The output of gyro G y is applied to the signal inputs of both demodulators. As in the embodiment of Figure, a modulator feedback signal from sensor 13 and signal conditioning circuit is applied to modulation signal generator 16 for use in controlling the amplitude of the modulation signal.
  • Demodulator 18 operates in the same manner as the corresponding demodulator in the embodiment of Figure 4.
  • Demodulator 19 operates at twice the modulator frequency and converts the gyro output signal into a signal roughly proportional to the values in equations (1.6), i.e., second-order in the modulation amplitude A.
  • the second harmonic technique can be enhanced by using two phase references in phase quadrature, e.g., in addition to cos2eot. While all of the desired signal may be obtained using one reference, e.g. cos2 ⁇ rf, phase shifts in the system may cause some of the signal to be in phase with the other term, s ' m2 ⁇ t.
  • the combination of the two second-order demodulation products provides the basis for improved second harmonic bias cancellation.
  • the second harmonic technique has the advantage of being insensitive to misalignment, but it also has the disadvantage of much weaker modulation amplitude since it is a second-order effect.
  • this disadvantage can be overcome by adapting the dither modulation frequency to the specific frequency response characteristics of the gyro being modulated.
  • Some gyros and angular rate sensors do not have constant output sensitivity versus frequency.
  • Coriolis vibratory rate sensors such as quartz tuning fork sensors and micromachined silicon inertial sensors often have an increased sensitivity at specific frequencies. This may correspond, for example, to the difference in frequency between the drive mode or Coriolis reference mode and the sense mode of oscillation.
  • Figure 8 illustrates the frequency response of a high Q quartz tuning fork in graphical form.
  • the example is for the case of a tuning fork with natural frequency of 11 kHz and Q-factor of 30,000. If such a sensor is modulated or dithered at a frequency of 20 Hz, the second harmonic signal will be amplified by two orders of magnitude relative to the dc response of the fork. The gain is nearly as great between the second and first harmonic signal amplification factors. With this technique, the second harmonic is selectively amplified with a corresponding improvement in resolution of the modulation signal.
  • phase shift of the modulated signal will result, depending on the difference in frequency between twice the dither frequency and the peak-response frequency of the tuning fork. This phase shift is approximately 90° when the frequencies are matched but can vary significantly for small mismatches in frequency.
  • the use of two demodulators with phase references in phase quadrature improves the performance of the second harmonic technique.
  • the total amplitude of response can be made insensitive to small frequency changes by calculating the root sum square (RSS) of the two demodulation products, specifically, ⁇ [H 2 ⁇ ( ⁇ y )]sin2- ⁇ if> 2 ⁇ and ([H Z ⁇ ( ⁇ y)]cos2 ⁇ )t) 2 ⁇ a , as shown in Fig. 6.
  • the relative amplitudes of the two demodulation products can be used to adjust the dither frequency to keep it adjusted to one-half of the peak response frequency, thereby maintaining maximum response even if the peak response frequency varies, for example, over temperature.
  • Gyro G y is mounted on a modulator 12 which oscillates about an axis substantially perpendicular to the input axis of the gyro.
  • the modulator is driven by a modulation signal generator 16 which controls the amplitude of the modulation by means of a feedback signal from modulation sensor 13 and signal conditioning circuit 17.
  • the feedback signal is used by the modulator signal generator to adjust the modulation signal to maintain a constant amplitude of modulation.
  • the component of externally applied rotation to be measured ⁇ lies in a plane perpendicular to the dither axis of the modulator.
  • the signal conditioning circuit provides a first output signal s ' m ⁇ cot which is applied to demodulator 21 as a phase reference and a second output signal cos2firf which is applied to demodulator 22 as a phase reference.
  • the gyro output is fed into both of the demodulators to provide the two signal outputs, as shown. Additional signal processing can be performed on these signals to estimate the component of ⁇ parallel to the average orientation of the input axis of the gyro. Two such gyros mounted in a nominally orthogonal relationship as in Figure 5, but using second harmonic demodulation can be used to estimate heading ⁇ .
  • the embodiment Figure 10 is similar to the embodiment of Figure 9 with the addition of an output signal comparator 26 and a frequency correction circuit 27.
  • the output signals from demodulators 21, 22 are applied to the comparator, and the output of the comparator is applied to the frequency correction circuit, which applies a correction signal to modulation signal generator 16.
  • the modulation frequency By adjusting the modulation frequency, the ratio of the two output signals can be maintained at a constant value, and the circuit can track changes in the difference frequency between the driven mode of oscillation and the sense mode for a Coriolis vibratory gyro.
  • Either first or second harmonic demodulation provides a means to estimate sin ⁇ and cos ⁇ and thereby to estimate the heading angle ⁇ itself, and both types of demodulation can be used for the same gyro to improve the overall accuracy of the sensor or system.
  • FIG 11. An embodiment utilizing both first and second harmonic sensor modulation and demodulation with a single gyro is shown in Figure 11. This could also be done with a pair of sensors mounted in a nominally orthogonal relationship, as in the embodiment of Figure 5.
  • gyro G y is mounted on a modulator 12 which oscillates about an axis substantially perpendicular to the input axes of the two gyros.
  • the modulator is driven by a modulation signal generator 16 which receives a feedback signal from modulation sensor 13 and signal conditioning circuit 17.
  • the feedback signal is used by the modulator signal generator to adjust the modulation signal to maintain a constant amplitude of modulation.
  • the component of externally applied rotation to be measured Q N once again lies in a plane perpendicular to the dither axis of the modulator.
  • the signal conditioning circuit generates four phase reference signals which correspond to sm ⁇ t, cos ⁇ t, sm2o ⁇ , and cos2erf, respectively. These signals are applied to the demodulators as phase references, with the sined signal being applied to demodulator 21, the cos erf signal being applied to demodulator 22, the sin2_af signal being applied to demodulator 23, and the cos2cof signal being applied to demodulator 24.
  • the output of the gyro is fed into all four of the demodulators to provide the four signal outputs. Additional signal processing can be performed on these signals to estimate ⁇ N and ⁇ .
  • the output of the single gyro in the embodiment of Figure 11 can be used for estimating both ⁇ N and ⁇ since the first harmonic demodulation products provide an output proportional to ⁇ N-COS ⁇ (equations 1.5) for y-axis gyro while the second harmonic demodulation products provide an output proportional to ⁇ n-sin ⁇ (equations 1.6) for y-axis gyro.
  • the amplitude of the dither (A in the above equations) is determined by the modulator signal generator 16.
  • ⁇ N in the locally level coordinate system may also be known.
  • a system of three independently dithered gyros or angular rate sensors can be assembled using three dithered sensors as shown here or as in Figures 6 and 9.
  • bias washout techniques are readily apparent in that relatively inexpensive gyros or rate sensors can be used in applications typically requiring much more expensive or bulky sensors.
  • the invention is particularly suitable for use in gyrocompassing applications where the angular velocity of the earth is used to determine north.
  • the apparatus is otherwise stationary, and the externally applied rotation is just the rotation of the earth.
  • the latitude can also be determined from the component of the earth's rate as measured by the gyros in the horizontal plane of the locally level system. Adjustment for the effect of the modulation amplitude A can be made in the calibration of the system.
  • Second harmonic modulation and demodulation definitely reduces the sensitivity to sensor misalignment, it can result in an inadequate signal-to-noise ratio unless selective amplification of the second harmonic modulation is employed, as described above.
  • First harmonic modulation and demodulation will generally have a superior signal-to- noise ratio, but is inherently sensitive to misalignment of the sensors.
  • the invention can be adapted to accurately determine the error in phase of the demodulation reference signals, thereby permitting those signals to be controlled for still further reduction in errors resulting from misalignment of the sensors.
  • equations (1.5) it is possible to reject errors due to sensor misalignment to the dither modulation by providing the correct phase for demodulation.
  • the demodulation waveform with the correct phase is sincrf.
  • the output obtained using this signal for demodulation is not corrupted by errors due to misalignment.
  • the waveform in phase quadrature with the correct waveform is given by cos erf, and the output obtained using this phase reference provides a signal proportional to the misalignment term.
  • modulator sensor signals will be subject to phase errors due to phase shifts in electronic circuits or to errors in the modulation sensor itself.
  • phase error of 1° in sin ⁇ f will, for example, allow about 1.75% of the full misalignment rate error signal to be added to the true rate signal. Since the misalignment rate error signal can possibly be quite large relative to the rate signals to be resolved, a phase error of 1° or even significantly less may not be tolerable.
  • phase errors can potentially vary with time or as a function of temperature. Therefore, in a sensor or system requiring the maximum possible accuracy and resolution, these errors must be fully accounted for and compensated.
  • phase errors One method for controlling these phase errors is to perform an extensive calibration of phase, including effects due to temperature. This calibration is typically performed as a part of the manufacturing process.
  • This calibration is typically performed as a part of the manufacturing process.
  • one of two methods for compensation can be used. In the first of these methods, the effect of the phase error is mathematically removed from the sensor output at some point after demodulation. This can be done by applying the inverse of the misalignment rotation matrix ( ⁇ C%) to the demodulation products in equations (1 .5).
  • ⁇ C% misalignment rotation matrix
  • a phase correction signal is applied to a phase compensation circuit prior to demodulation such as illustrated in the embodiment of Figure 12. This embodiment is similar to the embodiment of Figure 6 with the addition of a phase compensation circuit 29 between the output of the gyro and the inputs of the demodulators.
  • phase correction could be performed in the signal conditioning circuit 17.
  • the phase correction to be applied does not need to be static. It can, for example, be responsive to changes in temperature such that the phase compensation takes temperature change into account.
  • the phase correction can be controlled by an analog or digital signal provided by the system in which the gyro is used. If the actual phase error is estimated by an algorithm within the system, the updated phase compensation signal can be applied on a continuous basis, accounting for changes in temperature, time and other factors.
  • the actual misalignment and phase errors are calculated and suitable compensation is used to correct for these errors, using either of the methods described above.
  • the determination of the phase errors is accomplished by applying a dither modulation consisting of two distinct frequency waveforms.
  • the desired rate signal derived from each of the two frequency components will be proportional to the angular displacement associated with each of the frequency components.
  • the misalignment signals associated with the two frequency components will not be equal, but rather will be proportional to the product of the angular displacement and the frequency.
  • the two rate output signals and the two misalignment rate signals are used to compute the actual phase errors and misalignment terms. Correction signals or computations derived from the calculated phase errors are then used to remove the effects of these errors from the system output either before or after demodulation.
  • the waveform of one of the two frequency components is approximately a square wave in angle while the other is a sine wave.
  • the modulator has sufficient dynamic response to provide a rapid movement approximating the desired square wave motion.
  • the modulator cannot change angle instantaneously, so the rise time of the waveform corresponding to the transition from one angular position to the other is finite, although much less than the period of the waveform.
  • FIG. 13A - 13C 1 A two frequency waveform of the type discussed above is illustrated in Figures 13A - 13C 1 with each waveform being shown separately in Figures 13A and 13B and the two being shown in combination in Figure 13C. Although the relative magnitudes of the angular displacement of the two frequency components are shown as being roughly equal in this example, this is not a requirement.
  • the quasi-square wave dither (excluding the transition times) is not subject to rate errors induced by sensor misalignment because it is not changing in angle while at either extreme. Therefore, the output demodulated from this frequency component will be a true rate signal free of misalignment error and, hence, insensitive to phase errors as well.
  • the demodulation can be inhibited during these intervals using a demodulation suppression signal as show in Figures 14A - 14B. This signal guarantees that the large rate signal during the transition times is ignored or "zeroed" out during these intervals.
  • the sine wave dither signal is subject to error due to misalignment.
  • the difference in estimated rate between the two demodulated waveforms (square wave and sign wave) represents the misalignment induced error.
  • This difference is R S in - Rsquare, where "R” refers to the measured angular rate using one or the other of the modulation/demodulation methods.
  • M S in is the total misalignment signal for the sine wave dither modulation which can be estimated, via cosed demodulation, using equations (1.5) since the effect of small phase errors on the relatively large misalignment induced signal is negligible.
  • This estimate of ⁇ S in can be obtained on a continuous basis.
  • the value of a s ⁇ n provides the necessary input for real time correction of the phase error using one of the methods given above, thereby minimizing misalignment errors in a first harmonic technique implementation of bias cancellation.
  • Figure 15 illustrates an embodiment which utilizes such two frequency first harmonic demodulation. This system is similar to that of Figure 11 except that the square wave signal at angular frequency ⁇ 2 is demodulated instead of the second harmonic.
  • modulator signal generator 16 generates the sine and square dither waveforms at separated frequencies and applies these two signals to modulator 12.
  • the modulation sensor 13 delivers a dither amplitude signal to the signal conditioning circuit 17, and that circuit provides a feedback signal to the modulation signal generator 16, which is used to control the dither amplitudes to predetermined values, with the two frequencies of dither being separately controlled.
  • the signal conditioning block also provides four phase reference signals, two of which are in phase quadrature at the sine dither frequency, ⁇ -i, and two of which in phase quadrature at the square wave dither frequency, ⁇ ⁇ .
  • the initial phase calibration of the system is such that the sine phase references approximately correspond to the proper phase for demodulating the desired rate offset, although they may contain small phase errors.
  • the difference in measured rate A is calculated using the appropriately scaled outputs of demodulators 21, 23.
  • M S in is calculated using the output of demodulator 22, also appropriately scaled.
  • the appropriate scaling takes into account the amplitude and frequency difference between the two dither signals (square versus sine) as well as a factor of 4/ ⁇ to account for the first harmonic content of a square wave versus a sine wave.
  • phase error associated with the ⁇ i reference signals is calculated using the equation provided above and compensated using phase compensation circuit 29 or directly in the signal conditioning circuit as a phase adjustment to the reference signals.
  • the sine wave dither signal provides uninterrupted output, with no demodulation suppression being required. Therefore, there is no frequency response penalty for this signal as there could be when only square wave dither is used.
  • the two frequency method can still be used during an alignment phase to calibrate the phase error for sine demodulation.
  • the square wave and sine wave dither can be used one at a time in sequence to accomplish the same thing, i.e., system alignment or initialization.
  • the modulator signal generator would have two modes of operation: sine wave and square wave.
  • the two dither waveforms can, in this case, be either at the same frequency or at two separate frequencies.
  • square wave dither or two-point indexing, can be used by itself as a single frequency of dither.
  • Such dithering can, for example, be used in the embodiments of Figures 4 and 7, where the demodulator phase references are adjusted by the signal conditioning electronics circuits 17 and are in phase with the square wave modulation signal.
  • This type of dither may be particularly suitable for gyrocompassing applications.
  • dither modulation axes must be nominally perpendicular.
  • a single dither modulator can be used for two of the three gyros.
  • the additional features of second harmonic demodulation or two frequency dither although not shown in this figure, can be added for a pair of gyros sharing a common dither modulator.
  • ⁇ z ⁇ D cos( ⁇ + A sin ⁇ t) + B 2 +v.
  • ⁇ is an initial roll angle about the x-axis
  • ⁇ D is the vertical (down) component of earth rotation rate at a given latitude
  • A is the modulation amplitude
  • ⁇ is the dither angular frequency
  • B z and v z are the bias and Gaussian random errors of the Z- gyro, respectively.
  • the dither rates can be transformed to the X-, y- and z-axes through the misalignment matrix ⁇ Q% :
  • the first harmonic demodulation result always gives a null value.
  • ⁇ y2 - ⁇ D sin( ⁇ + A sin ⁇ t) + B y2 + v y2 , (2.5)
  • measured by Y2-gyro is given by:
  • Equations (2.8) can be called the fundamental equations of the first harmonic bias cancellation technique for the third gyro (for measuring vertical angular rate).
  • This 3- axis IMU configuration is illustrated in Figure 16.
  • the X and Y1 gyros are dithered about the z-axis, either by a common dither modulator or separate ones.
  • the Y2-gyro is initially aligned with input axis parallel to the Y1 gyro, but this gyro is responsible for measuring the vertical component of angular rate. This is made possible by dithering of the Y2 gyro about the X-axis.
  • This inertial platform for a first harmonic implementation of bias cancellation for a three-axis IMU is particularly unique in that the three gyros have their input axes nominally in the same plane.
  • the x-axis dither of the Y2 gyro permits measurement of the vertical rate component.
  • the foregoing analysis considered only the first harmonic technique for bias cancellation.
  • Equation (2.3) that
  • Equation (2.9) can be called the fundamental equations of the second harmonic bias cancellation technique for the third gyro (for measuring vertical angular rate). Unlike the first harmonic technique, using the second harmonic, the third gyro is aligned vertically and dithered about the x-axis, as can be seen in the embodiment of Figure 17.
  • Equation (1.5), (1.6), (2.8), and (2.9) provides a set of fundamental equations for the first harmonic technique for bias cancellation or washout for a three-axis gyro IMU (as in the embodiment of Figure 16):
  • a heading can be calculated using the first harmonic technique for signal processing of X-and Y-gyro readouts to obtain a coarse alignment.
  • a heading can also be calculated using the second harmonic technique for signal processing of X-and Y-gyro readouts to obtain a coarse alignment. From Equations (3.1), and setting K ⁇ 2A ⁇ (Equation 5.1) as a scale factor, it is possible to reconstruct strapdown gyro readouts of X (forward), Y (right-wing), and Z (down) gyro axes as illustrated in Figure 1 such that
  • Equations (5.2) express a set of 3-axis strapdown gyro outputs using the outputs obtained from the first harmonic bias cancellation technique.
  • Equations (3.2) and defining K ⁇ 8A ⁇ 2 (Equation 5.3) as a scale factor, it is also possible to reconstruct the strapdown gyro readouts of X (forward), Y (right-wing), and Z (down) gyro axes using the second harmonic bias cancellation technique such that:
  • angular rate measurement can be defined in a new frame [X' (forward), Y' (left-wing), and Z' (up- canopy)] (a common body frame) such that
  • FIGS 18 and 19 illustrate six-degree-of-freedom (6DOF) strapdown IMU's utilizing the 1 st and 2 nd harmonic techniques for gyro bias cancellation, respectively.
  • 6DOF six-degree-of-freedom
  • C* is the direction cosine matrix from the local-level navigation frame (East- North-Up) to the body frame, with ⁇ te being the Earth rotation rate and L being the latitude of the alignment location.
  • DCM direction cosine matrix
  • Equation (5.17) A 2 and A 3 are known via Equation (5.17).
  • Equations (5.18) completely determine the body-to-local-level DCM.
  • the Euler angles are derived from the body-to-local-level DCM,
  • IMU three degree-of-freedom inertia! measurement unit
  • bias cancellation including means for determining dither misalignment angles.
  • the additional features described with reference to 1 and 2 degree-of- freedom embodiments can readily be included in the IMU's described, i.e., selective amplification of the modulation signal using the increased sensitivity at specific frequencies of one or more of the gyros; and estimation of, and compensation for, the phase errors at demodulation, including the use of two frequencies of dither and/or a combination of square wave and sine wave dither waveforms.
  • the estimated misalignment angles are mechanically compensated for by use of a tillable platform, preferably one that is controllable by an electronic signal.
  • a tillable platform preferably one that is controllable by an electronic signal.
  • Such a platform preferably mounted between the dither modulator and a given gyro, can be constructed using piezoelectric or other suitable materials, as is well known.
  • the effect of misalignment errors can be eliminated in real time using a feedback signal derived from the estimated misalignment angles and driving these angles to a null using the tiltable platform.
  • TPI Two-Point Indexing
  • 6-DOF six- degree-of-freedom mechanization of a strapdown IMU comprising three gyros and three accelerometers.
  • both three-axis sets of gyros and accelerometers are mechanically aligned to a vehicle's right orthogonal body coordinate system, i.e. X-Forward (Toward Bow), Y-Right- Wing (To Starboard), and Z-Down (Toward Keel) coordinate frame.
  • the 3-axis accelerometer readout ⁇ f% fy f%) may give pitch ( ⁇ ) and roll ( ⁇ )
  • Euler angles of the vehicle's attitude with respect to the local vertical coordinate frame i.e. north, east, down (NED) such that
  • the leveling direction cosine matrix (DCM) from the body to the locally leveled platform (not identical with NED-frame) can be calculated such that
  • Equations (7.14) give bias estimation errors of:
  • the invention has a number of important features and advantages. By eliminating the effects of bias offset, it makes it possible to use less expensive rate sensors or gyros which are relatively small in size but would otherwise be precluded from use because of their relatively large bias offsets.
  • the smaller sensors lend themselves to use with smaller modulators, which provides a compact and relatively inexpensive system with improved accuracy. Fixed bias offsets are eliminated or cancelled without producing a spurious rotation rate signal, and the system can also provide cancellation of residual errors in offset compensation models.
  • the smaller sensors can mounted to equally smaller modulators, even modulators contained within the gyro package or made integrally with the sensing element itself. This permits a compact and relatively low cost system design with improved gyro accuracy.
  • a full inertial measurement unit with gyro bias cancellation permits self- alignment or gyrocompassing and inertial navigation using sensors that heretofore have not been suitable for such applications.

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L'invention concerne un système comportant un ou plusieurs capteurs inertiels dans lequel un ou plusieurs axes d'entrée de capteur sont modulés dans leur orientation autour d'un axe essentiellement perpendiculaire à l'axe d'entrée ou l'axe sensible du capteur. Dans certains modes de réalisation, la précision d'un tel système est améliorée afin d'obtenir des rapports signal sur bruit améliorés et une sensibilité réduite aux erreurs dans l'alignement des axes de capteur avec les axes de vibration.
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